Core Team
Cogni’Junior
A non-profit created by doctoral students in cognitive science and neuroscience to create playful tools to outreach cognitive science.
Today, this non-profit includes teachers who provide their expertise in teaching and spreading knowledge, as well as fulfilling their wish to provide new teaching methods to present neuroscientific topics to their students.
The content of these presentations are developed with scientists in order to develop effective teaching methods, and monitor and improve the teaching experience.
Donders Institute
Donders graduate school students and alumni: a team of 8 doctoral students and ex-students lead the development of new tools for the program and manage the community of users
Team members
Caroline Saunier
Teacher, Nice, France
Adeline Lucchesi
Teacher & cognitive science master, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Isabelle Malet
Teacher, Paris, France
Marie Palu
Occupational therapist & research assistant, Paris, France
Jessica Massonnié
PhD candidate, London, United Kingdom
Nietzsche Lam
Business developer, Boston, USA
Sophie Akkermans
PhD candidate, Nijmegen
Izabela Przezdzik
PhD candidate, Nijmegen
João Guimarães
PHD Student, Nijmegen, NL
Ella Bosch
PHD Student, Nijmegen, NL
Xuyan Yun
PHD Student, Nijmegen, NL
OCEANA program roles
- Adeline Lucchesi : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16), proof-reading
- Angélica Lantyer : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16), translation
- Anna-Sophie Immel : design (5,6,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16), proof-reading
- Anne Leenders : design (post reading activities)
- Camille Roullet : translation
- Caroline Saunier : design (1,2,3,4,7,10,12,13,17), classroom testing
- Clara Sava-Segal : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16)
- Danaja Rutar : design (Intro, 5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16)
- Ella Bosch : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16)
- Eva Chrétien : translation, proof-reading
- Isabelle Malet : design (1,2,3,4,7,10,12,13,17), proof-reading, classroom testing
- Izabela Przezdzik : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16), proof-reading
- Jessica Massonnie : design (1,2,3)
- João Guimarães : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16)
- Laurie Cellier : translation
- Marie Palu : design (7,12,13,14)
- Nicolas Merinian : translation
- Nietzche Lam : proof-reading, partnership
- Renske Zandberg : proof-reading, classroom testing
- Romain ROUYER : webmaster
- Roselyne Chauvin : project manager, graphic design, partnership, illustration(all), design(all), translation
- Sophie Akkermans : design (5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16), proof-reading
- Sylvain Estebe : translation
- Virginie Duret : translation
- Virginie Sapelier : proof-reading, classroom testing
- Xuyan Yun : proof-reading, partnership
Teachers, testing the kit
If Cogni’Junior is leading this adventure, it’s because we hope to provide tools that can be use by all, so the use of the kit should not require initial knowledge of neuroscience.
It’s with this aim that the team wish to take one year to improve the kit with all feedback that we can get from users. It will get out a unic program, made with and for teachers.
After this validation on the pedagogic level, we will lead a scientific validation of the effect of the kit on academic improvement (year 3).
External collaborators
- Charlotte Cherel: young designer, she want to conceive products that engage users, here children, in an active use of their attention. She work today on the creation of objectsthat would help the practice of attentive attendance in class.
- Sabine Lagarde: Mindfulness expert, she provided feedback on the creation of mindfulness exercises for the teaching kit.